HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Toll Road Authority said they are clearing a man’s $1,980 bill after Action 13 stepped in.<\/p>\n
For six years, 86-year-old Anthony Runshang Jr. said he has been fighting toll road fines on a car he no longer owns.<\/p>\n
“I don’t really have words for it,” Runshang said. “I’m disappointed with the Houston Toll Authority.”<\/p>\n
The problem can be traced back to June 2020. Runshang said a couple stopped by his Missouri City home and asked if he would consider selling his 1996 Thunderbird.<\/p>\n
$300 in cash later, Runshang said the couple, whose name he didn’t get, drove away with the car and title. A few weeks later, Runshang said he started to get bills from the Harris County Toll Road Authority.<\/p>\n
“I continued to write them letters that I sold the car, and it’s not mine anymore,” Runshang said.<\/p>\n
But the bills, Runshang said, kept coming until, a few weeks ago, a document from the Harris County Clerk arrived, told Runshang to pay more than $1,900 in unpaid toll fees or go to court.<\/p>\n
He decided to call Action 13.<\/p>\n
“I was trying to figure out how to take care of this without going to that court,” Runshang said.<\/p>\n
ABC13 reached out to the DMV, which confirmed that after selling his car, Runshang sent a document notifying the DMV of the sale that is meant to protect the seller from liability involving the car after its sale. But when we contacted HCTRA, they said a receipt for that document never made it from the DMV to them.<\/p>\n
It’s not clear why that receipt never showed up in HCTRA’s system.<\/p>\n
HCTRA said that after Eyewitness News reached out, they took the extra step of reviewing DMV data and finally confirmed that Runshang did, in fact, sell the Thunderbird in 2020.<\/p>\n
HCTRA said they will notify Runshang that the fines are being cleared from his name, but it’s a victory Runshang says he isn’t ready to celebrate just yet.<\/p>\n
“I would like to see it resolved, but I need to see it in writing and know that I don’t need to go to this court hearing on Oct.1,” Runshang said.
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